Gate.



No. 824,997. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

J. M. MILLIOAN.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY25, 1902.

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JOHN M. MILLIOAN, OF BRAZOS, TEXAS.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Anplicatiou filed July 25, 1902. Serial No. 116,992.

To all whom, itvnag concern:

Be it known that 1-, JOHN M. MILLIOAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brazos, in the county of Palo Pinto and State of Texas, have invented a new and use ful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of gates, more especially the means for operating the same, and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and eflicient device capable of enabling a gate to be operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of the latch-post, illustrating the arrangement of the pivoted spring-actuated keeper. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view illustrating the construction of the spring.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a swinging gate connected by hinges 2 to a post 3 or other suitable support and provided at its top with a gear 4, preferably consisting of a toothed segment having an arm or extension 5, which is bolted or otherwise securedto the top of the gate. The toothed segment meshes with a sectorshaped gear 6, mounted on a bolt 7 or other suitable pivot and-having an upwardly-extending arm 8 to form a lever. The upwardly-extending arm of the lever is provided with upper and lower openings 9 and 10, from which extend operating ropes or cables 11 and latch ropes or cables 12. The operating ropes or cables extend from the upper portion of the lever, to which they are secured, to suitable guides 13 of uprights 14:, and the said guides may be of any desired construction. The outer portions of the operating ropes or cables depend from the guides 13 of the supports or uprights 14 and are provided with suitable handles or grips 15 and are connected above the latter with the latch ropes or cables 12. The latch ropes or cables 12 extend from the outer portions of the operating ropes or cables to and through the lower opening 10 of the arm of the lever and are connected at their inner or front ends with the upper end of a latch-lever 16. The latch-lever 16-, which is fulcrumed at its lower end 17 on the gate, is arranged in a suitable guide 18 and is connected at its lower portion with a reciprocating latch-bolt 19, which is held in an extended position by a coiled spring 20. The coiled spring 20 is secured at one end to the gate at the top thereof, and its other end is attached to the latch-lever. When either of the operatingropes is pulled, the corresponding latch-rope will be simultaneously operated to release the gate, and after the latch is disengaged from a keeper 21 the gate-actuating lever, which is provided at its bottom with teeth, will be oscillated and will partially rotate the toothed segment and open the gate.

Any desired means'may be employed for locking the gate in its open position, such as supplemental keepers. After, a person has passed throu h the gateway the gate may be readily closed by pulling upon the other operating rope or cable. The keeper 21, which extends from the latch-post in opposite directions, is secured to the same by means of a pivot 22, and it presents oppositely-disposed inclined upper edges and has a central recess 23 to receive the latch-bolt. The pivoted latch is adapted to be depressed to enable the gate to readily engage the recess 23, and this pivotal movement, which depresses one side of the keeper, lifts the other side, and thereby forms a stop for preventing the gate from swinging past the keeper. The keeper is supported normally in a horizontal position by means of a spring 24, consisting of a central coil 25 and reversely-arranged oppositely disposed loops 26 and 27, which are oblong in plan view and which are formed by extending the terminals of the coils outward.- The terminals of the wires are connected with the adjacent sides of the opposite loops by being bent around the same, as shown at 28 and 29. The arms or loops 26 and 27 are curved upward and engage the lower edge of the keeper at opposite sides of the pivotal point. The coil is fixed to the latch-postby means of a suitable fastening device 30, arranged directly beneath the pivot 22 of the keeper.

A very important advantage of the present form of latch resides in the fact that it forms a support for the free end of the gate when closed, whereby considerable strain is J said keeper, when the gate is closed, being relieved from the hinges of the gate and sag- I disposed at right angles thereto and its ends ging is effectually obviated. adapted to swing in a vertical plane, there It will be seen that the gate-operating i being a rectangular notch in the upper surmechanism is exceedingly simple and inexface of the keeper constituting a'seat adapted pensive in construction, that it will enable a to snugly receive the latch, a coil pivotally gate to be opened and closed at a distance from either side of it, and that it will prevent the gate in closing from swinging past the latch-post.

What I claim isr The combination with a swinging gate and I a slidable latch mounted thereon; of a latchpost, a latch-supporting pin extending horizontally from the post, a lower pin extendi diverging upwardly from the coil and bearing upon the keeper adjacent its ends to hold the notch normally in vertical alinement with the pins.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiiXed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. MILLIOAN ing horizontally from the post and in vertical alinement with the latch-supporting pin, a keeper centrally fulcrumed .upon the latch supporting pin and tapered toward its ends,

Witnesses:

JOHN D. GILBERT, JOHN SLAoK.

mounted on the lower pin, and spring-loops 

